PREMIUM
Rogers' 10* Afternoon ASSAULT >> RIDICULOUS 81-43-3 Run L32 Days!
(MLB) Washington vs. LA Dodgers,
Total: 6.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Win
Total: 6.50 | -110.00 Over
Result: Win
The set-up: The Washington Nationals beat the Dodgers 2-1 last night behind Scherzer's dominating pitching (7 IP/ 3 hits / 1 unearned run / 14Ks) and have now gone 7-1 on their current road trip. That trip concludes with an afternoon game at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday, as the Nats look to sweep the Dodgers (won 4-2 on Monday). The Dodgers were shut out 3-0 at Milwaukee on Sunday and have now been held to just three runs by the Nats these last two games. LA had been 21-8 at home as the new week began but are now 21-10 on their home field and look to not only avoid a three-game home sweep but break out a a slide which has seen them lose five of their last seven.
The pitching matchup: Stephen Strasburg (7-1 & 2.91 ERA) will oppose Clayton Kershaw (7-2 & 2.28 ERA), as the two stars square off head-to-head for the first time-ever. Strasburg struck out seven and walked three while allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings of a 13-3 romp over the Oakland A's in his last outing this past Friday. He has gone at least six innings in all but one of his 11 starts this season and hasn't lost a start since April 29 in a 5-3 setback to the New York Mets (Nats are 9-2, plus-$560 in his starts). Strasburg is 1-1 with a 3.06 ERA in five career starts against the Dodgers (Nats are just 1-4, though ). Kershaw struck out a season-high 14 batters with one walk and limited the Milwaukee Brewers to a single run on two hits in seven innings on Friday, not figuring in the decision of a 2-1 (12 innings) LA win. Kershaw is having another dominating season, allowing just 64 hits over 83 innings with a KW ratio of 92-11. That gives him an 0.90 WHIP and opposing batters are hitting just .210 against him. LA is 10-2 in Kershaw's startst (plus-$560). He's has few problems with the Nats in his career so far, going 11-2 with a 2.55 ERA in 15 career starts against Washington (Dodgers are 13-2)..
The pick: No reason to expect anything but another outstanding effort from Kershaw and as for Starsburg, he faces an LA lineup which has now scored a total of just four runs in its last five losses, getting shut out twice. The Under is a 10* play.
The pitching matchup: Stephen Strasburg (7-1 & 2.91 ERA) will oppose Clayton Kershaw (7-2 & 2.28 ERA), as the two stars square off head-to-head for the first time-ever. Strasburg struck out seven and walked three while allowing two runs on four hits in seven innings of a 13-3 romp over the Oakland A's in his last outing this past Friday. He has gone at least six innings in all but one of his 11 starts this season and hasn't lost a start since April 29 in a 5-3 setback to the New York Mets (Nats are 9-2, plus-$560 in his starts). Strasburg is 1-1 with a 3.06 ERA in five career starts against the Dodgers (Nats are just 1-4, though ). Kershaw struck out a season-high 14 batters with one walk and limited the Milwaukee Brewers to a single run on two hits in seven innings on Friday, not figuring in the decision of a 2-1 (12 innings) LA win. Kershaw is having another dominating season, allowing just 64 hits over 83 innings with a KW ratio of 92-11. That gives him an 0.90 WHIP and opposing batters are hitting just .210 against him. LA is 10-2 in Kershaw's startst (plus-$560). He's has few problems with the Nats in his career so far, going 11-2 with a 2.55 ERA in 15 career starts against Washington (Dodgers are 13-2)..
The pick: No reason to expect anything but another outstanding effort from Kershaw and as for Starsburg, he faces an LA lineup which has now scored a total of just four runs in its last five losses, getting shut out twice. The Under is a 10* play.
